The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 2007
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
12:44 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.89° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.64° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.